I have a cage that housed 7 quail on the front porch, it has a heavy blanket over it at night due to temps. When I pulled the back the blanket this morning four quail were dead, heads eaten and the killer had tried to drag one body out of the cage and gnawed on it there since it was too big to fit through the bars the bars are 1/2 inch apart! What do you think did this? We do have skunks in the area, haven't seen a coon here in years and years this far from the mountain, it's a desert area. No noise, Puddy cat either wasn't around, or wasn't aware of it or was afraid of it, because he is great at protection.
I've had another problem for the last month that I think is a human predator; I've lost 5 roosters, gone without a trace! The first was Tux, my crippled roo, then two black Silkie roos, then a brown cochin roo, then Banana disappeared while I was at work on Wed. One male Runner duck vanished also, not a trace, no tracks, no noise, no left behind feathers, signs of a struggle and these were big enough something large or human had to pick them up and take them.
I've had another problem for the last month that I think is a human predator; I've lost 5 roosters, gone without a trace! The first was Tux, my crippled roo, then two black Silkie roos, then a brown cochin roo, then Banana disappeared while I was at work on Wed. One male Runner duck vanished also, not a trace, no tracks, no noise, no left behind feathers, signs of a struggle and these were big enough something large or human had to pick them up and take them.
